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BANNED  Posts: 2505 Joined: 19 Aug 2008     | These would be my choices exactly! Russ my man, you have good taste! Surprised to not see LBP in some ones top 5. User was banned for: Poll: Round 5 - Field of Four - (1) Turbine vs (1) Nintendo. (Permanent) |
On the Record  Posts: 5978 Joined: 7 Feb 2008    | Dead Space has the remarkable ability to instantly captivate all watchers. When I first picked the game up I soon found that my whole household (plus one) had gathered to watch me play. Even my girlfriend who hates horror found Dead Space enthralling. It's just an oddity. |
Senior Editor  Posts: 2301 Joined: 9 Jan 2007    |
Wait, I'm confused: do you mean you're surprised Russ didn't mention it, or you're surprised that no-one did? |
BANNED Posts: 2505 Joined: 19 Aug 2008 |
Surprised that Russ didn't mention it. User was banned for: Poll: Round 5 - Field of Four - (1) Turbine vs (1) Nintendo. (Permanent) |
On the Record Posts: 5978 Joined: 7 Feb 2008 | Personally I'm suprised he had Mercenaries 2 on there, but to each their own, everyone has that Critically Panned game that they love. Just look at all the threads on the subject. |
Honorable Mention: Escapist Film Festival  Posts: 343 Joined: 11 Nov 2008     | Did you just have the cojones to say on a gaming website that the best game of the year was a facebook app ?!?! Russ, you're my hero... |
Editor-in-Chief Posts: 2276 Joined: 1 May 2006 |
Cheers. But seriously, there isn't a single other game I've played every day since I discovered it. As far as I'm concerned, a game is a game is a game, be it a Facebook app, a AAA Xbox title or a tabletop card-based story-telling game. Or tossing a ball to my dog, but I probably wouldn't list that one on the site. You have to draw a line somewhere. |
On the Record Posts: 5978 Joined: 7 Feb 2008 |
What is this Card Based Table Top Storytelling Game you allude to? I must know! |
Editor-in-Chief Posts: 2276 Joined: 1 May 2006 |
It's called Gloom, and it's awesome. |
Senior Editor Posts: 2301 Joined: 9 Jan 2007 |
We need to have another company Gloom session soon. |
On the Record Posts: 5978 Joined: 7 Feb 2008 |
I believe you... it sounds awesome. Now I just need to find it. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2275 Joined: 13 Sep 2007    | Mafia tycoon would rock unbelievably. |
Pixel Thief  Posts: 432 Joined: 7 Jul 2008   | Russ hits on something that is crucial for RPGs - we need more unconventional settings. We've all been to the World of Ultima Middle-Earth Craft about a million times. The RPG dynamic (leveling, facing greater challenges, customizing a character to focus on the aspects of gameplay we enjoy most) is deeply, deeply satisfying. Limiting ourselves to variations on a single setting is just sad and, in the long run, self-defeating. I've been beating up on Fallout all week (because I'm a jerk and that's what I do) but I have to hand it to Bethesda for taking the RPG bus someplace NEW this year. That it turned out to be pretty fun is a nice bonus. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 169 Joined: 24 Oct 2008    | Your blurb on Fallout 3 made me giggle. Kudos, and good game selection. Still haven't had any desire to play GTAIV, and I gave up on facebook when I realized I don't really want to know what my friends have been up to all the time, but the other three are definitely going to remain in my memory for a while. (Except for Fallout 3....a while doesn't cut it, I'll never forget that game.) |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 888 Joined: 29 Mar 2008   | i like better ... pet society in the facebook :$.... Dont kill me and yes good list Russ the only one i havent play is mercenaries 2, and what about, gears2, and metal gear solid4? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2381 Joined: 6 Mar 2008  | Dead Space is an awful, awful game. The rest of the list is OK but I get the feeling The Escapist staff are competing with one another for the "Look! I'm unconventional!" award. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2355 Joined: 14 Sep 2007   |
Any man who say this is wrong. And you should hit that man. With a stick. |
News Room Contributor  Posts: 3899 Joined: 21 Feb 2008  |
Indeed, how dare they deviate from mainstream opinion! Part of the appeal of the Escapist is that we approach gaming from unconventional angles. Is it so surprising that the staff's top five lists reflect that? |
Editor-in-Chief Posts: 2276 Joined: 1 May 2006 | Yeah you kind of have to be unconventional to work here. It just goes with the territory. I don't get the reason why this is a bad thing, but ... OK. I will commence feeling bad about this because you say so harhol. I tell you what I'm upset about though, it's that glaring typo in the section Copter400 quoted. Unconvetional is one thing. Unconventional and shitty at typing is a wholly other thing. Arrgh. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 979 Joined: 25 Sep 2008   | He's bald and acted like Sonic. How much more unconventional do you want that to be? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3403 Joined: 23 Oct 2007  |
I think it happened again. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2381 Joined: 6 Mar 2008 |
*audible groan* I'm sorry, but a 'Best Of' list that includes GTAIV, Fallout 3, Dead Space and Mercenaries 2 cannot, by any stretch of the imagination, be said to "deviate from mainstream opinion" or "approach gaming from unconventional angles". Putting a Facebook game at number one is (in my opinion!) a cynical attempt to appeal to the 'indie' sensibilities of this site's users; there were dozens of actual video games released this year that could have sufficed. Embellishing a routine list with a token oddball entry does not detract from the fact that, once again, mediocrity and corporate spending power are being championed by the Escapist. I feel like an ass for saying this but I wanted to say it anyway. It's been on my mind for a while. No offence intended to Russ or anyone else. |
Senior Editor Posts: 2301 Joined: 9 Jan 2007 | Except they aren't Best Of lists, they're Favorites lists, as in the games we enjoyed playing the most this year. You can see behinds the scenes chicanery if you like, but that's simply not the case. |
Editor-in-Chief Posts: 2276 Joined: 1 May 2006 |
Arrgh. Next year's list will include Typing of the Dead. |
Red Guard  Posts: 2684 Joined: 16 Dec 2007    | I agree with pretty much everything on this list. I also loved Mercenaries, and felt GTA 4 was a winner even if it wasn't for the same reasons. Deadspace ranks high on my top 5 as well. All in all a list of fun games that pretty much anyone could enjoy. Is Russ this site's Joe Six-pack? |
Anonymous Source Posts: 10 Joined: 22 Dec 2008 | Given that Yahtzee actually works for The Escapist, I'm surprised I never see any love for Trilby: The Art Of Theft anywhere. |
Pixel Thief Posts: 432 Joined: 7 Jul 2008 |
Seconded. I know I didn't comment on any of the others, but I really enjoyed these "top five" thingdings you guys did. |
Editor-in-Chief Posts: 2276 Joined: 1 May 2006 |
Technically, that game was from last year. But I agree, it was a tight piece of old-school game making. But seeing as it's one of the very few games we've ever hosted at the site, I see that as a fairly significant expression of love. ;) |
Anonymous Source Posts: 10 Joined: 22 Dec 2008 |
Ah. |
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The Escapist Staff's Five Faves of 2008: Russ
Russ Pitts finishes off our week of Staff Faves with the five games he most enjoyed this past year. "Messing with minions' minds" came in sixth.
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